Cutaneous Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (erysipeloid) infection in an immunocompromised child

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-235

  Boyd, Alan S ^a   Ritchie, Coleman ^a   Fenton, Jeremy S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; GRAM STAINING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN NECROSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOE; BIOPSY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FOOT DERMATOSES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PENICILLINS;

EID: 84895923433     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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